Where does the Checkerboard wrasse live?

Halichoeres hortulanus has 17,254 records in 61 countries and territories, from 1769 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

17,254 records
61 places
103 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLabridaeHalichoeres

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17692026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Australia	4,138
American Samoa	2,608
Northern Mariana Islands	1,848
United States Minor Outlying Islands	1,481
French Polynesia	1,005
Tonga	613
Guam	600
Indonesia	586
Egypt	542
Philippines	283
Maldives	272
Solomon Islands	262
Seychelles	246
United States	244
Fiji	232
Thailand	205
New Caledonia	190
Taiwan	176
Saudi Arabia	167
Papua New Guinea	128
British Indian Ocean Territory	106
India	103
Kenya	81
Réunion	81
Marshall Islands	74
Japan	69
Palau	69
Mauritius	68
Christmas Island	64
ZZ	57
South Africa	52
Micronesia	45
Mozambique	45
Madagascar	43
Mayotte	43
Malaysia	42
Vanuatu	41
French Southern Territories	36
Tanzania	34
Cocos Islands	33

Showing the top 40 of 61 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Labridae.

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.